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NTTED STATES PATENT Trice.

THEODOR R. A. VEBER', OF NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, H. PENDLETON, OF BROOKLYN, AND ROBERT I. SLOAN, CORNETITUSTIRS,

AND ALEXANDER TT.. TIERS, OF

NEV YORK, N. Y.

'TUBULAR IRoN RAILING.

.'L'LCFECJLTEGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,263, dated April 20, 1886.

.application ilcd December 16, i885. Serial No. lrGDR. (No model.)

To all whom it may concer-17,:

Be it known that-I, THEonoR It. A. W Enna, ot' the city and State of New York, 1aveinvented an Improvement', in Tubular Iron Railings, of which the following is a specification.

Iron railings have been made of tubesV screwed together, with bends and elbows similar to those employed with gaspipes; but dit'- culty has arisen with connections of this character, because the tubular rails cannot be introduced in long lengths passing through and connected with several intervening posts and with scre\v-connections, the posts and rails have to be connected before the posts are secured in place, and it is difficult to place the posts in a vertical position.

My improvements are made For facilitating the construction of the iron l'ence or railing by making the tubularposts and their tubular connections complete, so that they may be set in position and then the tubular rails passed through them and afterward clamped in place. This allows for the use of rails et' any desired length, so that the fence is rendered strong and durable, and the posts can be vplaced at any desired distances apart without changing the lengths of the tubular rails.

In the drawings, Figure lis an elevation representing part ofa fence with tubular posts and round rails. Fig. 2 shows a portion of an iron fence or railing with tubular posts and square rails. Fig. 3 is a section in larger size showing the top coupling and an intermediate coupling on the post. Fig. 4 is an elevation of portions ot' a post with the rails and couplings in section at the line w fr, Fig. Fig. 5 is a section ofthe couplings at one of the end posts. Fig. 6 is a section through the coupling and square rail at the line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is an inverted plan of one of the couplings, the post being in section; and Fig. 8 is a detached view showing the rail at an inclination to the post. Figs. 3 to 7, inclusive,

are in larger size than Figs. l and 2.

Each post is composed of two or more sections of metal tubing, A, with screw-threads cut upon their ends, and the lower yend of the lower section is screwed into abase, B, of metal, which may be of any known or desired character. Vhere the railing is to be attached to wood-work, this base vB will usually be in the form ot'a plate attached by screws to the wood.- work. It' the railingis to he set in the earth, the base B will be a block ot' metal, stone, or other .suitable material.

Between the tubular sections A A there are junction-pieces C, formed with sockets l 2 l'or the respective screw. ends ot' the tubular sections A, and with a transverse opening passing through each intersecting piece for the passage ot' the rail D. It' this rail D is round, the opening will correspond thereto. It the rail l) is polygonal, as shown in Figs. 2 and (l, the opening in the. intersection-piece will be of the same shape. The projecting end portions ot' the intersectioirpieces are not made ascomplete cylinders or square sockets, but they are slotted longitmlinally, as shown at 4, and provided with ears .5 for the passage ol' screw-bolts or rivets E. It the posts are com-- posed ot' two tubular sections A, there will be one intersection-piece C in each post. lt' there are three tubular sections A, there will betwo intersection-piecesC and two lines ot' rail D. At the top ot` each post there is a cap-piece, F. lhisis madero correspond to the intersection piece C, except that there is no coupling t upon the same, the top ofthe cappiece being smooth, as shown in the drawings, and there are the ears 5 at each side of the longitudinal incisions 4, and the bolts or rivets E passing through the ears. It is now to be understood that the openings through the cap-pieces and intersection-pieces are to be of a size that will allow the rails D to beslipped endwise through the same after the complete posts have been set in place. It is preferable to place the posts at such distances apart-that the extreme ends of the rails D will be within a cap or intersection piece, so as to avoid any other connection between one rail and the Ynext, and usuplaees before setting the end posts. I have shown one of the end posts at the right-hand end in Fig. l and sec-tionally in Fig. 5, the junction-piece C being similar to the junctionpieces C, except that the opening for the rail is provided at one side only, and the cap-piece ally it is preferable to pass therails into their l manner at'ore described; but the openings for F' is similar to the cap piece F, except that the opening` for the rail is only at one side, and the eap-piece is made as a bend or elbow, as seen in Fig. 5. After the parts of the railing have been placed in position the bolts or rivets Eare inserted and tightened up, so as to spring the open ends of the respective cappieees and intersection-pieces and clamp and conti ne the rails Afirmly in place.

It is preferable to make the openings between the ears andthe socket 2 wider, so as to allow the metal to spring more easily under the action of the rivets or bolts E, and usually it is preferable to make use ot larger tubes for the posts than for the rails, as shown. The portions of the junction-pieces that surround and are clamped to the rails should be thinner on the upper side than at the bases ot' the ears, to render the strength of the parts more uniform.

Railings for staircases can be made in the the rails in the junction and cap pieces must I be made at an inclination to the sockets receiving the posts, as shown in the detached View, Fig. S.

I claim as mjy' invention- 1. rlhe metallic posts i'ormedol' the tubular sections A and Ihe intersection v pieces and eap-pieees F, permanently screwed to- 3o gether, suoli intersection-pieces and cap-pieces being` slotted at 4, and provided with ears 5, in combination-with the rails D, passing entirely through the respective intersectionpieces and cap-pieces, and the bolts or rivets E, by which the rails are clamped, substantially as set forth.

2. rllhe end posts for the iron railing, formed ofthe tubular sect-ions A, intersection-pieces C', each having an opening at one side for the reception ofthe rail, the cap-'pieces F, formed as a bend, there being the slots at 4, and ears at 5, in combination with the rails D and clampingr screws or rivets F, substantially as specified.

3. The interseetionpieces C, having screwsoekcts for the reception of the post-sections, and openings for the passage of the rails, and the ears 5 for the rivets or bolts to clamp the rails, there being enlarged openings in the junction-pieces between the ears and the socket, substantially as set forth.

Signed by nie this th day of December, A. D. 1885.

THEODOR li. A. 'VEB'ER. Witnesses:

Geo. T. PINCKNEY, WALLACE L, SERRELL. 

